Found 4 items, similar to Parachute.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: parachute parasut
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: parachute parasut
English → English (WordNet) Definition: parachute parachute v : jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: jump] parachute n : rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall [syn: chute]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Parachute Parachute \Par"a*chute\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[=oo]t or p[a^]r"[.a]*sh[udd]t), n. [F., fr. parer to ward off, guard + chute a fall. See Parry, and Chute, Chance.] [1913 Webster] 1. A device made of a piece of cloth, usually silk, attached to multiple chords fastened to a harness; when attached to a person or object falling through the air, it opens from a folded configuration into an umbrella-shaped form, thus slowing the rate of descent so that a safe descent and landing may be made through the air from an airplane, balloon, or other high point. It is commonly used for descending to the ground from a flying airplane, as for military operations (as of airborne troops) or in an emergency, or for sport. In the case of use as a sport, the descent from an airplane by parachute is called sky diving . Some older versions of parachute were more rigid, and were shaped somewhat in the form of an umbrella. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A web or fold of skin which extends between the legs of certain mammals, as the flying squirrels, colugo, and phalangister. [1913 Webster]